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Article #2894Re: Compaq find problem with chip
From: Richard O'Keefe
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1989 01:25
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1989 01:25
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In article <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>, des@yatton.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes: > Brief summary: Compaq announced that it had found problem with fpu on > an Intel chip it is using in its new generation PCs. An analyst is > quoted as saying "You could just hear an audible gasp in the crowd when > they made the announcement". The result of this was a 10% fall in the > value of Compaq stocks and 5% fall in Intel stocks. Given that Compaq *found* the problem and were honest enough to talk about it, in a just world their share prices should have *risen*.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.oz.au!ok From: ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Compaq find problem with chip Message-ID: <2591@munnari.oz.au> Date: 31 Oct 89 01:25:14 GMT References: <2719@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> Sender: news@cs.mu.oz.au Lines: 9